But their life span even on the absolute minimum of 10 yrs, will far outlive any cdrw drive. :-) When dealing with life spans on the order of decades, for all practical purposes (by PC standards), that is 'forever' so to speak. I would guess than in less than 3 yrs, CDRW drives could be obsolete anyway and make way for some newer method/technology. -Clint
God Bless Us All Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com http://ComputerHardware-ConsumerElectronics.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Pavey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 7:46 AM Subject: Re: PCWorks: Has anyone esperienced CD's going bad just sitting there? Evidently CD's do go bad. The following is an excerpt from a Langa List article. You can check out the whole article at: http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2001/2001-07-26.htm . Cindy "Some CDs, especially those made with the light aqua phthalocyanine dye backed by a plastic-protected layer of gold metal foil, can last a long time. Others, using bluish cyanine dye backed by unprotected aluminum foil, can degrade fully ten times faster!" >The problem is this, my disks go bad. I am not talking about burning >coasters. The disks are fine for a while, then over a period of several >days or a couple weeks I loose access to the data. Most of my uses are >for archival purposes, so it is not like these disks are getting a lot >of use. ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
